Chapter 4. Universe Designer Walkthrough

Table of Contents

Universe Designer
Examining Table Structure
Setting Attributes
Transforming Data
Examining Output Data
Inspecting Column Data
Viewing the Summary of Data
Exporting the Output Data

This chapter illustrates how a Universe looks in the Universe designer, and the various functionality it supports. You can easily create your Universe in a full graphical setting and export it for use.

Universe Designer

An example of the Cars Universe that is shipped with Ambience, is shown in Figure 4.1, “Universe Example”:

Figure 4.1. Universe Example

Universe Example

Once you create a Universe, the relevant tables are present on the left pane.

You can examine the contents of each table, inspect the various columns, manipulate data using Transforms, set various data attributes and finally export the Universe for use by Ad-Hoc Dashboard and Ad-Hoc Report.